Here's our first video for VideobloggingWeek 2009. We visited our friend Cheryl Colan in Phoenix, AZ. She and Gary let us park our vlog bus in front of thier house and treated us to a wonderful breakfast with their friend Wendy (who made some great pancakes). We stayed up late Friday night and most of the morning Saturday talking about videoblogging and teaching. Cheryl showed us boxee, which is something I had been wanting to take a look at. Thanks a bunch Cheryl! I wish we could have stayed longer. What a fun way to finish up our five week RV trip across the United States.
BTW, this is first time with new iMovie09 template. What do you think?
We're still on for the Super Happy Vlog House. There's plenty of warm indoor spaces where people can collaborate and meet up with other great folks. You can get some great rain shots in the gardens and bamboo forests. Those who have the right kind of shoes can still head out to the river preserve for a media walk.
Super Happy Vlog House next weekend Saturday, Feb 7, 2009
Flickr slideshow of pictures from past Super Happy Vlog Houses.
What's a vlog house? It's a place where people geek out over audio & video, software, poetry, music, story-telling, television, web sites, new media and technology in general. We get together to share and learn, to have fun, to take a walk, get things done and break bread.
Our third Super Happy Vlog House is set for the weekend of February 7, 2009. Official time is from 2pm - 11pm Saturday, but folks are welcome to camp over Friday or Saturday. We have some extra rooms, beds, couches, floor space, RV parking and tent space. Rooms and camping space is limited, so please RSVP in the comments or send an email to markus dot sandy at gmail dot com.
UPDATE: out-doors campers please note that current weather forecasts are for rain Thursday, Friday and possibly into the weekend.
While the event is very free form, we do have a few activities planned. These include:
* Welcome: 2pm-2:15 - Welcome to old friends and new comers. Introductions. Orientation.
* Session: Planning for your next social media site. Saturday 2:15pm-4pm. This session is aimed at people who are starting a new Drupal project, whether it be your first or not. More than a demo of media-related modules, this is a facilitated group discussion around best practices, tools and services for building a new-media based web site or social network. Topics include: design considerations, platform features and choices, hosting services, out-sourcing, DIY, team-building, project planning, estimating resource requirements and costs. This session is intended for content creators and project managers, as well as developers. The emphasis is on project planning.
* Worldwide Videoblogging Video Conference. Saturday 3pm-5pm. Topics include: new media trends in 2009, sheer curation and public access television. Come say hello to vloggers around the world and join in on the often lively conversations with other creatives, geeks, amatures and pros.
* Media Walk in the Ventura Nature Preserve. Saturday, 4pm-6pm. Let's see if we can capture one of those famous Ojai Pink Moments. This is a easy to moderate walk. There is one small hill. The nature preserve is 1 block from the digital dojo. Bring your walking shoes and camera. Note: current weather prediction is for rain on Thurs/Fri and possibly into the weekend. So bring your all weather gear too :)
* Interview Challenge:Saturday, 4pm-6pm. Let's take the NMI Interview Challenge - see http://newmediainterchange.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/new-media-challenge-002-interview/ may be best option if it's raining to hard to go outside :) Improve your interviewing skills. Tell a story and post it to the web. Learn how to 'mic' someone with a remote Lavaliere. Use a shotgun mic. Shot the video,
* Video Sharing and Screenings - Saturday, 8pm-10pm, Share your favorite new vlogs and sites. Special premier of Andrew Davis' new Internet Archive mashup and music videos. Have you made or found something you'd like to share? Please bring your favorite urls, thumb drives or DVDs.
* Help clinic and open lab - Saturday, 2pm-11pm - Come and talk or work with others. Get and give help. Join a Q&A session. Bring your laptop, camera, recorders, etc and some friendly person will help you get where you want to go. Want to set up a blog, vlog or podcast? Need some help sweetening that audio? Want to become a better photographer? Need help with web compression? Need Drupal, WordPress or Blogger help? Youtube, Archive,org, blip,tv, Vimeo? Got something cool to show and tell? Come and hang out with us while we help each other out. Free wifi available. Play with our cameras and gadgets or show off yours. If you're new to all this, this is a great place to drop in and find out what's going on.
* Pot-luck Dinner - Saturday 6pm-8pm - Bring something if you can, but don't worry if you can't. BYOB.
* Self-Organizing Workshops and Discussions - We have several rooms and outdoor areas where people can organize around topics of interest. Whiteboards, large display monitors, LCD projector & screen, and PA equipment available for workshop use.
Please come and join us. Stay all day or just an hour. Stop by and say hi or stay the weekend. RSVP's are great for helping us plan, so leave a comment or sign up on the wiki. This is a free event. Dinner is potluck; bring something or toss a few coins in the kitty if you can. BYOB. Lots of water, coffee, tea and fresh squeezed orange juice available.
Notes: Dog friendly environment. Pool, spa and showers available for general use. Mature content and frank discussions are common and may not be suitable for all ages. Alcohol and caffeinated beverages may be available to adults.
Lets find our mojo together. Everyone is invited to this laid-back, over-friendly, often serendipitous meetup of vloggers. Open agenda: share vids, discuss projects, ask questions, make merry. Info and sign-up on the wiki (password to the wiki is: sh1vh). Newbies welcome.
Dan Musick of Nordoff High and OUSD speaks about Ojai PEG Access
Dan Musick of Nordoff High School and the Ojai Unified School District outlines a plan to the Ojai city Council for housing and managing Ojai's Channel 10 as part of a Media Arts Academy at Nordoff and other schools. Recorded Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008. Great news!
We had a nice Drupal meetup in Santa Barbara tonight. A few of us started out at the Goleta Sushi House and then moseyed over to the Java Station, both on Hollister Ave. Attendees included chris (christefano), lee, jason, joe, felicia, joe (artlung), jim, owen (grugnog2) and myself (markus). Topics included introductions, current projects and interests, wysiwyg editing, drupal 5 vs drupal 6 and finding drupal developers. A fun time and free wi-fi were had by all :)
Welcome to new Carpenteria resident Jason who requested a podcasting workshop. Let's have some fun talking about video and audio podcasting basics. For a change of pace, this time we'll be emphasizing audio, keeping in mind that much of what we share will apply to video as well. Jason's also into Drupal and so we'll say a few words about building your own podcasting site with tools like Drupal. Bring your laptop and microphone or camera if you have one. Mac, Windows and Linux friendly. Everyone is welcome, please leave a comment if you plan to attend.
Thursday, October 9th, 2008, 2pm-4pm at the Ojai Digital Dojo.
Topics:
* Free and open source software and services. Commercial products. * Capturing, converting and compressing audio. Using Audacity. Garageband. * Finding and using media players. Playlists and multiple files. * Hosting at the Internet Archive and others. Free and paid services. * Blogs, sites, urls, feeds and aggregators. Feedburner, Drupal and more. * Promoting your podcast. iTunes, Ourmedia and other services.
Much is happening at the Digital Dojo these days. The garden is kickin out some rad vegies and fruits. I picked some beautiful black berries for the meal and lots of herbs and tomatoes for the citronette-based salad. The plums are delightful right now and apricots coming soon. Lots of cucumbers and zucchini. We are already trading with the neighbors.
Here's a video from About.com (who knew?) for the chicken (I used chicken broth because that was all we had):
I had to mess with the embed to get it to fit, but i love having found this video recipe.
Videoblogging Course Next Weekend in Santa Barabara
Video Blogging 101 with Markus Sandy
Saturday, April 19 10 am-12:30 pm
The Santa Barbara Channels 414 East Carrillo Street
Create your own videoblog, and promote you and your production on the Web. The workshop covers video compression and publishing for the Internet, video hosting services, posting video to a blog, cool videoblogging tips, RSS feeds, aggregators, social networking, and rights and responsibilities.
$10 members/$20 nonmembers Limited to first 20 participants who pay! RSVP to lisa@sbchannels.tv
The Santa Barbara Channels 414 E Carrillo St Santa Barbara, California 93101 805-963-3893 (voice) 805-962-3703 (fax) www.sbchannels.tv info@sbchannels.tv
Lan just iChatted and said that a group of OC'ers had gotten together recently and been thinking how great it would be to have anotherSuper Happy Vlog House here at the Dojo. Nuff said. It's set for the weekend of Feb 16th. Feel free to come by anytime that weekend from Fri-Sun. Come and make video or spiff up your vlog. Beginners to advanced. Photography and podcasting/audio buffs too, plus geeks and nerds of all kinds. Rooms and couches are available, plus camping and RV spots. All are welcome. Pot luck. Free, but please RSVP so we can plan. Pool, spa, bbq, firepit, bathrooms, wireless, kitchen, large meeting room with projector.
Update: I made some minor changes on the wiki to reflect this year's date. Have at it and make it your own.
Update #2: While a Super Happy Vlog House is generally a fairly unstructured event, we do have some planned activities for those that are interested. Here is a general outline of some times and events for Saturday, Feb 16th:
8am-10am: coffee, breakfast, pre-day organizing
10am-12am: workshop: intro to videoblogging
12pm-2pm: photo/video walk in ventura river preserve, lunch, discussions
2pm-4pm: workshop: setting up your own videoblog show, content, tools, audience, statistics and more
4pm-6pm: siesta, work on a video, take a swim in the pool or spa, drinks, snacks, music, one-on-one time
6pm-7pm: potluck dinner/bbq, open source music
7pm-9pm: special live, mixed video and music performance and discussion
9pm-11pm: vlog screenings and discussions
11pm-9am: whatever, it's a sleep over (or work on a video all night), roasting marshmallows, stuff like that.
It's official! We're organizing a Drupal Camp for LA. The dates are set for September 8-9 and I'm told that AOL will be hosting the event! Too cool. Check out LADrupal.org for more info. Also, check out this great post on organizing a camp by our lead organizer Chrystal Willams. Now we need a logo too. Here's one I found on Flickr by thinkhive.
More Drupal: if you're into Drupal and love independent media, please check out tools.ourmedia.org and join in on all the fun.
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